"This cuvée puts the spotlight on the rare lledoner pelut (80%), a cousin of grenache, accompanied by carignan and mourvèdre. The color is bright ruby with violet highlights. The elegant nose conjures up red fruits (cherry and redcurrant) enhanced by a hint of spice. The palate is round, velvety and spicy (white pepper), supported by straightforward tannins and a fine freshness that stretches the finish". (Le Guide Hachette 2023). Numbered bottles.
Features
Estate
Domaine Les Mille Vignes
Cuvée
L'Idyllique
Vintage
2019
Designation
Fitou
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
Lledoner Pelut, cépage rare
Terroirs
Lieu-dit La Serre, Mediterranean red soil
Viticulture
Reasoned, organic approach
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Complete destemming of the grapes in a very healthy state, fermentation in small, temperature-controlled vats with indigenous yeasts, vatting time of over 45 days, delestage, pigeage and remontage.
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Velvety red with violet highlights
Nose
Elegant, with aromas of red fruit enhanced by a hint of spice.
Mouth
Round, velvety, with silky tannins, remarkable length, dazzling spring freshness
Serve
Decant at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink before
2030+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with poularde de Bresse, grilled beef, risotto, vegetable quiche, mature cheeses...
Domaine Les Mille Vignes
Fitou
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2025) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))
About the domain :
In 2000, Valérie Guérin took over the estate built up over the years by her father Jacques, a professor of oenology. Thirteen parcels of very old vines are meticulously cultivated, yields are low, vinification is very natural and there is no barrel ageing. The wines are harmonious, full of flavor and freshness, and seductively natural. The cuvées dennis-royal, made from 75-year-old carignan, and les-vendangeurs-de-la-violette are as fabulous as ever. The 2016 vintage will have to be waited for, as the extraction seems to be more advanced than usual.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (guide 2023) 2*Stars (Outstanding wine)
Domaine noté (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the wine:
This cuvée features the rare lledoner pelut (80%), a cousin of grenache, accompanied by carignan and mourvèdre. The color is bright ruby with violet highlights. The elegant nose conjures up red fruits (cherry and redcurrant) enhanced by a hint of spice. The palate is round, velvety and spicy (white pepper), supported by straightforward tannins and a fine freshness that stretches the finish.
About the domain :
The thousand vines of the early days have been transformed by purchases and plantings into an 11-hectare estate in the Fitou maritime region. Created in 1979 by Jacques Guérin, a former professor of viticulture at the Lycée d'Orange, the estate has been run by his daughter Valérie since 2000.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (guide 2025) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated wine (guide 2022) 93/100
Domaine rated (guide 2025) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the wine:
L'Idyllique is already delicious. A full-bodied, fine, racy wine with notes of garrigue and black fruit, and a fine patina of tannins.
About the domain :
For two decades, Valérie Guérin, recently joined by her sister Agnès, has been passionately defending this small estate in the La Palme sector (in the maritime part of the Fitou appellation). Massal selections, extremely low yields of less than 20 hl/ha (which explain the high prices) and long vatting periods are her watchwords. The result is an ideal combination of ripeness and freshness in the bottle. Multiple passages through the vineyard plots give rise to a table rosé, three reds and four vins de liqueur. These characterful cuvées are uniquely concentrated, and while they may seem massive when young, they become wonderfully refined with age.
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